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Well, its finally happened. SongMachine is now finished and (technically) ready to take on clients.

The finishing touches were made today but a lot of work was poured into the week trying to get SongMachine ready for our first client who starts her recording project in two days time on Monday, November 18th, 2024.

One of the things we needed to do was to do a test recording or two just to see if all of the connecting up of the hardware was done correctly. This was done last Wednesday.

Thankfully it was and here’s a picture of the three mic setup for acoustic guitar and voice.

We also did a sound frequency test for the recording area once the curtains were up and a basic covering of the concrete floor with carpet tiles and the room passed the test with flying colours.

Both the recording area and the control room are flat in terms of sound response but with a little bit of life in them to give the recorded sound some character. 

Now, I’m not up with the technical specs of the sound frequency tests and what it all means but Sandy was happy with the results and that’s all that matters.

What we did today was essentially a general clean up, final laying of the carpet tiles (with glue) and putting a frame around the recording room side window as you can see from the following pictures.

Now that everything is pretty much ready to go I wanted to extend my final thank you’s to the following people…

  • Mum and Dad – Absolute legends and huge supporters of the project from the very beginning
  • Sandy Mathewson – Came down every Wednesday to help me with building the studio. He is now going to take on his role as head engineer come Monday.
  • Cooper Lindsay – My nephew, budding musician/producer and a handy person to have around. He’s tall and walks around in stilts
  • Darryl Puckridge – Our sparky who made sure that power was delivered to SongMachine
  • Henry Sweet – Our chippy who did all of the wall and ceiling frameworks at the beginning of the build
  • TLC Concrete – Built the new shed and poured the concrete slab marking the beginning of the SongMachine studio build project.
  • TMW Earthworks – These guys removed the old slab and created the foundation for the new shed to be built

That’s it… All done and dusted. I know that there will be finishing touches here and there, little tweaks along the way and both split system AC will need to be installed at some point but a recording studio like us mere mortals are works in progress.

I’ll be taking Sunday off in readiness to start work on Monday November 18th. Wish me luck.

Peace,

Corey 🙂